Lump in Throat

A lump in the throat is associated with potassium insufficiency and / or gallbladder dysfunction with biliary stasis.


Reference: Weatherby, D. (2004). Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective. Jacksonville, OR: Bear Mountain Publishing

Calf, Foot or Toe Cramps at Rest

Calf, foot or toe cramps at rest are an indication of calcium, magnesium or potassium deficiency. It is often necessary to take these minerals with an effective co-factor, such as supplemental HCl and essential fatty acids which will increase their digestion and /or absorption.


Reference: Weatherby, D. (2004). Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective. Jacksonville, OR: Bear Mountain Publishing.

Bach Flower: Walnut

 Walnut And Change

Walnut is the flower remedy of change – change whether it is physical, mental, emotional or spiritual. What walnut does is to make the transition
from one state to another as smooth and as easy as possible. Walnut is a great remedy that helps one to ‘move on’ without being tied to the old. It can very often sever the ties that bind you to an old love, old hurt or old anger so it has often been called the ‘link breaker’. You stop looking back and start looking forward. It also helps to take that final step when you’ve almost made up your mind to do something but are dithering to take the plunge because you are anxious or scared. It can also free a person who is
being dominated by someone to become strong and move out as well as cutting oneself loose from an old and hopeless infatuation.

Physical

It is ideal for the constant traveler and helps one adjust better to time zones, jet lag, climate differences, food changes and people. Walnut also helps in the biological changes that a person has to go through in life. It is of special help during teething, puberty and menopause. It also helps a person cope with illness, especially when it is terminal and it is difficult to accept the physical changes that are taking place.

Mental

Walnut is useful when people go through change that brings on stress or just new ways that one has to adjust to mentally. This could be a new job, a new home, a new school or university or a new city or country. It could also mean a new phase in life like retirement, marriage or children. Walnut
gives a person the mental strength to break free of addictions like gambling, smoking and drinking. It also frees the mind from the binding diktats of superstitions and religious or community impediments.

Emotional

Walnut is a great comfort when one has to adjust emotionally to a new period in one’s life. This could be because of the loss of a loved one, a break up, a child leaving home or losing a job. It helps one accept and move on instead of wallowing in the past. Walnut jolts a person out of inertia in order to help him change for the better. It gives the fillip a person needs to get out of the rut and walk on.

Spiritual

Walnut is a wonderful remedy when there are important spiritual decisions to be made like joining a new order, converting to another faith or embracing a new belief. It allows a person who stays within a sect or belief system because of birth or habit to build up enough courage to break free and stand up for what he believes or does not believe in.


Reference: Bach Flower Remedies by Shalini Kagal (2012)
Website: http://ohmtalk.com
e-mail: shalini.kagal@gmail.com

Bach Flower: Wild Rose

Wild Rose and Apathy

The Bach flower remedy Wild Rose, in its negative state, manifests itself in an attitude of apathy and dis-spiritedness. They are just resigned to their fate,
never believing that things could get better and so they just go with the flow, not in joy but with the feeling that there is no other option.

Physical

They are rather boring people, with no interest in anything that goes on around them. This makes them quite unpopular or it might make people
in a group ignore them, leaving them to their
apathy. Wild Rose gives them the energy to be able to take an interest in people and things and to be a part of what is going on around them.

Mental

Sometimes, a Wild Rose negative state could be temporary, when the energy flowing through the body is low, especially after an illness. It feels like they have reached the limit of what they can do and they settle into a state of non-doing. Wild Rose helps them to feel involved again.

Emotional

Emotionally, too, one needs to be very participative if one has to keep relationships going. These people are just not active enough and their passivity is often the reason for relationships going sour. It’s almost like they are in an emotional vacuum and have nothing to give to make love grow. Wild Rose may be needed over a long period of time to make the heart open up and love the way it should.

Spiritual

They are not seekers so how will they find? There is a kind of hopelessness when it comes to the soul and he does not try to make things better. Wild Rose makes him become more active in his spiritual life, urging him to look for answers inside his soul.


Reference: Bach Flower Remedies by Shalini Kagal (2012)
Website: http://ohmtalk.com
e-mail: shalini.kagal@gmail.com

Anus Itches

Anal itching has a number of possible cause including intestinal parasites, which is especially true if the person has unexplained diarrhea or has recently returned from foreign travel. It can also be due to a need for bile salts and / or hydrochloric acid.

Other Indications:
1. Vitamin A and zinc need

Reference: Weatherby, D. (2004). Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective. Jacksonville, OR: Bear Mountain Publishing.

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Loss of Muscle Tone, Heaviness in Arms / Legs

Loss of muscle tome and heaviness in the arms and legs are signs of either a vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency or amino acid needs.  For some people there is a compromise in the digestive system that prevents adequate digestion of protein. Hypochlorhydria and or pancreatic insufficiency will cause incomplete breakdown of protein, and prevent the release of amino acids from the proteins. Certain amino acids including Tryptophan, arginain, and lysine are very vulnerable to certain cooking methods e.g. high heat baking which destroys the basic structure of the amino acid, rendering them unusable by the body.


Reference: Weatherby, D. (2004). Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective. Jacksonville, OR: Bear Mountain Publishing

Feel Spacey or Unreal

This symptom can be due to many things: food allergies, low adrenal function, low thyroid function, or hypoglycemia. One to the main cause is dysbiosis, especially from Candida. An overgrowth of Candida can lead to an enormous amount of toxicity in the body, which can affect the brain causing a spacey, unreal like feeling. It as been shown that toxins with opioid like properties are often released by yeast and bacteria in the digestive system. These travel to the brain and cause symptoms of feeling spacey and unreal. People have often described it as being "out of the body". Working to eliminate the dysbiosis and support the lover can help decrease this symptom.

Other Indications
1. Adrenal and thyroid hypo function
2. Food allergies and hypoglycemia

Reference: Weatherby, D. (2004). Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective. Jacksonville, OR: Bear Mountain Publishing.

Dry Mouth, Eyes and / or Nose

Dry mouth, eyes and / or nose are signs of potassium insufficiency and general mineral deficiency.


Reference: Weatherby, D. (2004). Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective. Jacksonville, OR: Bear Mountain Publishing

Waking to Urinate at Night

The above symptoms are highly suggestive of prostatic problems. The prostate is a small gland that surrounds the urethra. Symptoms of urinary frequency, urgency, nocturia, hesitancy and intermittency with decreased size and force of the urinary stream with sensations of incomplete emptying, terminal dribbling, continuous overflow incontinence, or complete urinary retention are indicative of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy or BPH. 50 - 60% of males between the ages of 40 - 59 years have BPH and by age 80, 90% of all males have BPD with 75% having prostate cancer according to biopsy.

BPH may be due to increased levels of di-hydro testosterone (DHT), which stimulates prostate growth. There are also prostaglandins, nutrient deficiencies and altered sex hormones as possible causes.

It is important to have the appropriate lab work on these clients to assess creatinine, PSA and Prostatatic Acid Phosphatase (PAP) levels.  It is also essential to have a digital rectal examination. This is to be considered as annual screening exam of men over 45, because prostate cancer is becoming an epidemic in this country.

With Prostatic problems need to make sure to rule out the following: sensitivity to dairy products, obese its, infrequent sexual activity, hereditary factors and lack of exercise.


Reference: Weatherby, D. (2004). Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective. Jacksonville, OR: Bear Mountain Publishing.